Manitoba Business: Claydon Brothers Construction Company / Claydon Construction Limited

This Winnipeg-based construction firm was founded by brothers Ebenezer Claydon and Arthur Claydon, the latter of whom was killed during military service in the First World War.

Some of its construction work in Manitoba included:

Building

Location

Year

Status

Muir House

32 Balmoral Street, Winnipeg

1906

 

Broadway Baptist Church

706 Honeyman Avenue, Winnipeg

1906

 

Central Congregational Church (addition and alterations)

374 Hargrave Street, Winnipeg

1906

Demolished (1936)

Maycock Block (renovations)

586 Main Street, Winnipeg

1906

 

Dominion Bank Building

678 Main Street, Winnipeg

1907

 

Assiniboine Park Pavilion

Assiniboine Park, Winnipeg

1908

 

Kennedy Building

317 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg

1909

 

Windermere Apartments

224 Kennedy Street, Winnipeg

1909

 

Welland Court

409-411 Balmoral Street, Winnipeg

1909

Demolished (?)

Christie House

365 Wellington Crescent, Winnipeg

1910

 

Kenilworth Court

44 Hargrave Street, Winnipeg

1910

Destroyed by fire (2015)

St. Elmo Apartments

177 Colony Street, Winnipeg

1910

 

Ackland Warehouse

67 Higgins Avenue, Winnipeg

1911

 

Brussels Apartments

150-156 Lilac Street, Winnipeg

1912

 

Anvers Apartments

758 McMillan Avenue, Winnipeg

1912

 

Brown Block

902 Home Street, Winnipeg

1912

 

DeBary Apartments

626 Wardlaw Avenue, Winnipeg

1912-1913

 

Speirs House

6 Middle Gate, Winnipeg

1912-1913

 

Hossie House

66 Waterloo Street, Winnipeg

1913

 

Sunnycrest Apartments

667 Wolseley Avenue, Winnipeg

1913

 

William Whyte School

Manitoba Avenue, Winnipeg

1914

Demolished (1976)

King George Hospital

1 Morley Avenue, Winnipeg

1913-1914

Demolished (?)

Broadway Baptist Church (expansion)

706 Honeyman Avenue, Winnipeg

1914

 

Haffner House

71 West Gate, Winnipeg

1914

 

William Whyte School

200 Powers Street

1914

Demolished (c1976)

Cornelius Block (alterations)

485 Sherbrook Street, Winnipeg

1919

 

Eaton’s Mail Order and Catalogue Building (expansion)

333 St. Mary Avenue, Winnipeg

1920

 

St. Michael and All Angels Anglican Church

300 Hugo Street North, Winnipeg

1920

 

Lord Selkirk School No. 1 (renovations)

Brazier Street, Winnipeg

1921

 

Isaac Newton Junior High School

730 Aberdeen Avenue, Winnipeg

1921

 

Brandon Citizens’ Science Building

270 Eighteenth Street, Brandon

1922-1923

 

Eaton’s Mail Order and Catalogue Building (expansion)

333 St. Mary Avenue, Winnipeg

1926

 

Eaton’s Warehouse

130 Galt Avenue, Winnipeg

1927

 

Winnipeg Electric Desautels Substation

403-407 Rue Desautels

1927

 

Crescent Garage and Auto Sales Building

791 Corydon Avenue, Winnipeg

1927-1928

 

Fairhaven Apartments

536 Broadway

1929

Demolished (?)

Hugh John Macdonald School

567 Bannatyne Avenue, Winnipeg

1929-1930

 

Birtle Indian Residential School

Birtle, Municipality of Prairie View

1930-1931

 

Women’s Tribute Memorial Lodge

200 Woodlawn Street, Winnipeg

1931

 

Arts Building

173 Dafoe Road, Winnipeg

1931-1932

 

Dominion Post Office Building

287 Tache Avenue, Winnipeg

1934-1935

 

Dominion Post Office Building

584 Mountain Avenue, Winkler

1938

 

Dominion Post Office Building

578 St. Mary's Road, Winnipeg

1938

 

Air Observers School No. 5

Winnipeg

1940

Demolished (?)

Elementary Flying Training School No. 14 / Air Observers School No. 7

Southport, RM of Portage la Prairie

1940

 

Bombing and Gunnery School No. 7 Hangars

Paulson, RM of Dauphin

1940-1941

Demolished (?)

SFTS No. 33 Relief Field / Petrel Aerodrome

RM of North Cypress

1941

 

St. Matthew’s Anglican Church (restoration)

641 St. Matthews Avenue, Winnipeg

1945

 

Powers Substation

354 Powers Street, Winnipeg

1946

Demolished (1985)

Mall Medical Building

280 Memorial Boulevard, Winnipeg

1947

Demolished (2017)

RCAF Station Bird

Fox Lake Cree Nation

1956-1957

 

Manitoba Hydro-Electric Board Building

650 Harrow Street, Winnipeg

1957-1958

 

See also:

Memorable Manitobans: Ebenezer Claydon (1880-1954)

Sources:

“W. E. sub-station permit issued,” Winnipeg Free Press, 14 October 1946, page 5.

“Two-year dream nears reality,” Winnipeg Free Press, 4 March 1947, page 3.

We thank Jordan Makichuk for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 13 November 2023